December 22, 2006, Friday

To the Editor: Orlando Patterson hits on a frequently overlooked factor in educating young male blacks: these are boys, not men. I tutor children at a youth center in South Central Los Angeles. These kids are no more undisciplined or...

April 2, 2006, Sunday

To the Editor: Re ''A Poverty of the Mind'' (Op-Ed, March 26): Orlando Patterson criticizes us for ignoring culture as an explanation for the high rates of joblessness and incarceration among young black men.